Word: pitchmen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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ESCAPE THE PITCHMEN Sick of junk mail and sales calls during dinner? Spend a few minutes at www.populardemand.com and be free at last. The site promises to remove you from direct-mail and telemarketing lists (but, sadly, not those of e-mail spammers) at no cost. It can also tell you about good deals on stuff you're really interested in--without revealing your identity (or e-mail address) to the vendor...
...meet in the intimate setting of the computer screen in their own den or bedroom. In that sense, the Net offers the same sort of intrusive contact with people in their homes that has made telemarketing a multibillion-dollar business. Just as lonely people often are vulnerable to pitchmen who call them at home, some maladjusted or immature people are unusually receptive to online conversations with strangers or to information that is different than what they see around them in their communities. The communication and the ideas can feel more personal or important than they are. While most people...
...that sense, the Net offers the same sort of intrusive contact with people in their homes that has made telemarketing a multibillion-dollar business. Just as lonely people often are vulnerable to pitchmen who call them at home, some maladjusted or immature people are unusually receptive to online conversations with strangers or to information that is different than what they see around them in their communities. The communication and the ideas can feel more personal or important than they are. While most people are mature enough to ignore the nuts or the nosy people and use this rich medium...
...deeply American trait. P.T. Barnum was a truer man of his time and place than Henry James, and sharpies' 19th century land-promoting broadsides sucked more settlers west than any high-minded exhortations to manifest destiny. If England is a nation of shopkeepers, the U.S. is a land of pitchmen; it is part of the national charm...
...lesser extent, several hundred others. But as it has lavished ever more millions of dollars on such tie-ins, Nike has seen something else rise along with its profile and its profits: concern in the sports world about whether it exerts too much control over its player-pitchmen and wields too much influence over the sports in which they compete...